Following are edited excerpts from the Rapid Responses generated by this article, which can be read in their entirety at http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/326/7392/733

From BMJ USA 2003;June:315

Editor—The methodology of this study is designed to demonstrate the superiority of method A over method B. Think about it: First, spread most of the material from a unique cervical scrape over a slide, and then discard the …